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Subscribe to RSSEarlier we noted that Mitt Romney underperformed in Eastern Mississippi River counties, but he underperformed in the West in counties bordering the Missouri River.
Notably, Rick Santorum even flipped Woodbury (where Sioux City is), which Romney won in 2008.
WOODBURY
Santorum 32
Romney 28 (down from 38 in 08)
Paul 15
PLYMOUTH
Romney 29 (down from 34 in 08)
Santorum 28
Paul 15
SIOUX
Santorum 46
Romney 14 (same as 08)
Perry 14
Paul 13
LYON
Santorum 61 (Huckabee got 42 in 08)
Paul 11
Perry 10
Gingrich 8
Romney 7 (down from 20 in 08)
HARRISON
Santorum 25
Paul 21
Romney 18 (down from 35 in 08)
POTTAWATTAMIE
Romney 27 (down from 33 in 08)
Santorum 24
Perry 19
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If bothers the American people.. that this clown is attempting to buy the election ! His job killing agenda is all but over !
4 years ago after spending $25m, Romney got 25% of the vote and 30,000 votes
4 years later after spending $24m, Romney got 25% of the vote and 29,600 votes
Romney just cant buy that many more votes beyond the 25% of moderates who will vote for a repub that declared himself a progressive.
Too many Evangelicals to overcome in the state. Romney and his campaign know that so they take what they can and move on.
That said, don't count me as a Romney vote. While I am sadly aware that the economy is and should be one of the top points of conversation throughout this process, I'm still waiting for a candidate - on either side of the aisle or in between - to address our long-term health; namely, education.
Again, wow :-)!!
I see the spin machine is in full, well, spin.
Last week, the story was that Romney would not win Iowa. That he might come in third or fourth- and what would that do to his chances? today, because he won, the story is, well, he underperformed.
By the way-how did Obama do? I understand that his stated goal was to best Bush in 2004. He make it? Cause, I can't find a word.
Poor nojo...still striving to be relevant...
Romney got LESS votes than 2008!
LOL!
BUT he's YOUR WINNER!
no joe hit it right on the head. As I stated above I'm no Romney vote, but it is clear that opponents/media have chosen to spin it negatively for him. Despite the anti spin, he and his campaign availed themselves well in Iowa.
But, Iowa is Iowa - there is a long race ahead for all.
I think all of the candidates are a sorry bunch!
The Question is, are all those evangelicals and conservatives, the 75 % who voted against Romney going to hold their noses and vote for him in the general election or are they going to stay home? Is Ron Paul,who has serious credibility problems of his own ... the news letters that he didn't write or read but went out under his name.. going to continue to have the rabid support of the Know Nothings of the various Tea Party groups? The Republican Party is destroying itself by moving ever further to the right, marching to its own drummer however measured and far away from the moderate American voter it may be.
secondyeoman makes a great point - who are they (IA evangelicals and conservatives) going to vote for if Romney gets the GOP nomination? If they don't support Romney then Obama will win in a landslide. If they do, Romney might have a slight chance. Whoever wins the Presidency will have to continue governing in a difficult situation.
But as baldeagle11 points out below, IA is only 1 of 50 states, and one of those with a smaller population/delegate vote then most, so perhaps it matters less in the big picture who they choose.
So in a state made up of a lot of conservatives and evangelicals votes for someone more like them. So what? One state of 50 is not much of an omen of the future overall. All it did was bounce extremist Michellle Bachmann finally see the writing on the wall. Next out should be either or both Newt and Rick Perry maybe enven Huntsman. People just aren't familiar with Huntsman and it may be too late to educate them. Santorum will last going into Super Tuesday if he's lucky and Paul is such a bad choice he will be in the race but never win enough delegates to make much of a difference. His policies, beliefs and stated goals are so contrary to what most Americans want there is no way he will win. Certain extremist radicals, looking at only a few issues, love him but when one looks at the total package he is a very bad choice.
That kind of narrows things down to Romney. When he gets the nomination who will he pick as his running mate. Will he fall on his sword like McCain did and pick an extremist or will he move toward the center?
baldeagle11 brings up the point of the VP. Just wondering (not arguing), but has there been any legit research on how much the choice of VP actually influences the vote? In my mind I can't think of a VP selection on either side in my voting life where I thought, "wow, that did it for me!"
Perhaps I'm not informed, but if a person needs a VP to convince them to vote for a President, then they may not have much confidence in that President. That should tell you something.
Mr. Romney,
If you are picked to lead the Republican Party how will you handle a black president that is sure to bring up the fact that there are less then 20,000 black Mormons in North America?
In 1848, Brigham Young begins to "ban" black Mormons from the priesthood and all Mormon Temples, because he considered them to be the "children of Cain" and inheritors of the Curse of Cain: which was a black skin and a denial of the Priesthood in mortality.
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